Project Manager
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Job Details
Position/Title
- Project Manager
Job Type
- Full-time (40 Hours per Week, flexible)
Hiring
- 1 Person
Yearly Salary
- $57,000 - $60,000
Schedule
- 5 days a week, flexible
Experience
- Project Management: 1+ years (Preferred)
Work Location
- Remote
Benefits
- Competitive pay commensurate with experience.
- US Full-Time employees (only) can opt-into Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
- Opt-in employee benefits such as pet insurance, spousal insurance, HAS, FSA, and access to discounts are also available to full-time employees via our HR hub, TriNet for US Employees.
- 100% remote work, open to applicants from all geographical locations.
- Generous vacation policy: 11 paid holidays off company-wide, and the ability to accrue 12 vacation days per annum, with up to 18 unused days allowed with rollover.
- Sick pay & accommodations.
- Being a part of an exciting team delivering fantastic content to audiences in the US and Europe!
Full Job Description
SUMMARY:
J-Novel Club, a major publisher of Japanese light novels and manga in digital and physical formats worldwide, is looking for a full-time Project Manager to its project management team. The Project Manager will be responsible for day-to-day management of light novel and manga localization and publication projects, from the initial launch, chapter-based streaming, and e-book publication, including communicating with and managing the localization teams and interfacing with the quality assurance team. The Project Manager will report directly to the Light Novel Line Manager, and also work in parallel with the other Project Managers and additional Assistant Project Managers.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage the day-to-day production of manga and light novel titles, set delivery schedules for freelancer localization teams, communicate schedules to the localization teams.
- Process delivered localizations from teams, manage the publishing of content to our subscription service.
- Coordinate with Managing Translator, Managing Editor, and Quality Assurance Manager on scheduling issues, performance issues, quality issues, and coordinate to resolve said issues.
- Manage additional graphic design and localization work necessary for publication of final digital and print books, including scheduling designs. Maintain accurate metadata in internal databases and on 3rd party retailer sites.
- Manage ebook listings on 3rd party retailers, including updates to books post publication.
Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- Experience with project management, or coordinating teams of people.
- Copyediting and proofreading skills, including a strong knowledge of grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation, and a familiarity with The Chicago Manual of Style are a plus.
- Strong communication skills both in-person (or by video) and over internet chat and email.
- Attention to detail and an eye to maintaining product quality.
- Ability to meet deadlines, juggle multiple projects at once, and manage a large number of simultaneous schedules for large groups of freelance workers.
- Experience with project management tracking software such as ClickUp.
- Strong general computer skills.
- Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets skills are a plus.
- Experience with the Adobe software suite is a plus.
- Knowledge of or interest in manga, light novels.
- Proficiency in Japanese language translation, preferably at a JLPT N2 or higher level, is a major plus.
- Prior experience in localizing Japanese manga, light novels, or video games (e.g. visual novels) is a plus.
Other Job Details
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
This job operates in a professional online office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and the internet, which the candidate must own already themselves.
About J-Novel Club
J-Novel Club (JNC), a Kadokawa group company, is responsible for some of the best English-language production of Japanese light novel content worldwide. It prides itself on high-quality books in digital and print, curated close to Japan's own production timelines, providing weekly digital output of light novels and manga in parts, as whole eBooks, for rental, and more. JNC is responsible for bringing English-speaking audiences titles like Ascendence of a Bookworm, In Another World With My Smartphone, Full Metal Panic!, and Slayers.
Providing the best reading experience in digital and in print for the fan community is at JNC's heart, for both its in-house staff and its robust freelance workforce of translators, editors, and quality controllers. Many exciting opportunities are on the horizon for JNC, and we are looking forward to welcoming a new team member during this exciting time to help helm our projects.